Give Thanks!

Give Thanks!
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Included in “Give Thanks!” are journaling pages, the history
of Thanksgiving in the U.S., Thanksgiving recipes, poems and
hymns of gratitude, and memory verses of praise and
thankfulness. Enjoy reading through “Give Thanks!” and
choose the crafts and activities that suit the interests and
abilities of your children. The recipes will need adult
supervision!
Throughout the book, you will see symbols like these for
different activities:
Thanksgiving History or Stories and Scriptures
Thanksgiving Crafts or Projects
Thanksgiving Recipes
Gratitude Journal or Writing Project
Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving Hymns
Visit our website to view photos of the craft projects in this book!
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Contents
THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING………………….…...PAGE 5
A New World
Pilgrim Math
Pilgrim Children
The Plymouth Colony
Growing Corn
Indian Pudding
A Thankful Heart
Friendship with the Indians
An Indian Village
Giving Thanks to God
“The Story of the Pilgrims” Booklet
Thanksgiving Feast
Pilgrim Crafts
Pilgrim and Indian Paper Dolls
Other Thanksgivings
A Presidential Proclamation
An Official Holiday for the U.S.
THANKSGIVING POEMS AND THOUGHTS…………….PAGE 34
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“Thanksgiving” ~ Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
A Thanksgiving Poem
“We Thank Thee” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We Thank Thee” Booklet
“Over the River” ~Linda Maria Child
A Thanksgiving Memory
THANKSGIVING HYMNS……………………………..PAGE 48
“We Gather Together”
“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”
“Count Your Many Blessings”
“Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”
“For the Beauty of the Earth”
“Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”
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Contents
THANKSGIVING MEMORY VERSES………………….PAGE 68
THANKSGIVING RECIPES AND ACTIVITIES………......PAGE 73
Pilgrim and Indian Napkin Rings
Thanksgiving Dinner Place Cards
Thanksgiving Recipes for Kids
Easy-to-make Pumpkin Bars
Easy-to-make Pumpkin Pancakes
Easy-to-make Pumpkin Pie
Easy-to-make Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin Cookies
Yummy Pumpkin Dip
Mulled Cider
Toasted Treats
“The man who forgets
Frontier Fudge
to be thankful has
Crockpot Carmel Apples
fallen asleep in life”
Harvest Popcorn
~Robert Louis
Holiday Spice Potpourrie
Stevenson
Maple Acorn Squash
Maple Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Layered Orange Sweet Potatoes
Apple Candle Holder
Thanksgiving Corn Husk Dolls
Mr. Turkey
Thanksgiving Words
Thanksgiving Bingo
Gratitude Journaling Pages
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A New World
JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD
In the fall of 1621, a small group of 50 immigrants to America had much to give
thanks for. They had survived a long, hard winter in a new world, planted crops in
the spring, and at last, had a successful harvest. They praised God for their
blessings and held a celebration to show their thanks...
1. The Pilgrims left England to find religious freedom.
They sailed first to Holland in 1609, and later to
America, in September 1620.
2. The Pilgrims landed near Cape Cod (Massachusetts) after
66 long days of sailing across the Atlantic in the Mayflower.
The Pilgrims were a group of people who were looking for a place where they
could have the freedom to worship God they way they thought was right. They
left England and went to Holland because of religious persecution. Later, they had
to leave Holland, too. They journey back to England and took a ship, the
Mayflower, to the New World. The ship also carried other passengers who wanted
to go to the New World to find land or adventure.
When the Pilgrims first landed in America, it was late in the year. The weather
was already getting cold. They explored the area and found a place where they
wanted to build their settlement. They quickly set to work on a “Common House”
for storage and shelter. Then family homes were built.
On Sundays, the Pilgrims sang Psalms and listened to sermons by their religious
leader, William Brewster. Sunday was the only day that the Pilgrims did not
work. They even worked on Christmas!
Most of the Pilgrims slept aboard the ship that first winter while the houses were
being built. It was a long and difficult time. There was not enough food. Nearly
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Pilgrim Math
PILGRIM MATH
1. The Pilgrims sailed for 66
days to reach Massachusetts
Bay. If they left England on
September 6, 1620, when did
they arrive in the New World?
2. Look at the chart on the
right. How many children
sailed on the Mayflower?
Who sailed on the Mayflower?
43 men
21 women
22 boys
8 girls
8 servants
3. How many adults and servants were aboard the ship?
4. Use the chart above to add up the number of Pilgrims (and
their friends) who sailed on the Mayflower. Add in 23 crew
members. How many people were on the ship all together?
5. Challenge Question: The Pilgrims set sail from England on
September 6, 1620 and sailed for 66 days before landing in
America. Then they lived on board the ship for about another
120 days before moving ashore to build houses. In what month
did they move off of the Mayflower?
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Pilgrim Children
Have you ever wondered about Pilgrim children who came across on the Mayflower?
Most families didn’t bring their children, especially girls, because they thought that
pioneering life was too difficult. But the children on the Mayflower were actually healthier than
the adults, with almost all of them living through the first long winter when 50% of the Pilgrims
died. There were 22 boys and 8 girls on the Mayflower. One baby, Oceanus, was born on the
journey across the ocean. Here are the stories of four of the Pilgrim children.
Henry Samson was 17 when he crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
He was travelling with his aunt and uncle, Edward and Ann Tilley. Edward’s
brother, John had brought his wife Joan and a 13-year-old daughter, Elizabeth
on the journey, too. Unfortunately, Edward, Ann, John and Joan all died
during the first winter, leaving Henry alone. Henry later married and
became a tax collector and constable.
Elizabeth Tilley had just had her 13th birthday when she left England
on the Mayflower. She and her parents, John and Joan, hoped that they would
find a prosperous new life in America. Elizabeth was overjoyed to reach land at
last! But during the first long winter, both of Elizabeth’s parents died, along
with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth survived and later married John Howland,
who was 21 when he boarded the Mayflower. They had several children and
even some famous descendants: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President
George W. Bush, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (read his poem “We Thank
Thee” in the Thanksgiving poems section of this book), and….Joseph Smith!
Mary Chilton was 13 years old when she sailed to America with her
parents. Since there were only 8 girls on board the ship, she and Elizabeth
Tilley must have been friends. They must have enjoyed each other’s company
during the long months crossing the ocean. Mary was the first female to step off
the ship onto New England soil! She would have been so excited about this new
land she would soon call home. But Mary’s joy didn’t last. Her father was one
of the first people who died after the ship had landed. Her mother also died later
that winter. When she was older, she married John Winslow, and they had ten
children.
Bartholomew Allerton and his sisters, Remember and Mary,
boarded the Mayflower when Bartholomew was only eight years old. His
mother was pregnant and gave birth on board the ship in Plymouth Harbor in
December 1620. The baby was still born, and his mother died a few weeks later.
Bartholomew must have been sad to lose his mother, but his father and sisters
survived the winter, so he had more family than most children.
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The Plymouth Colony
MAP OF PLYMOUTH. The
Pilgrims sailed for 66 days from
Plymouth, England to reach their
new home in
America. They
landed much
farther north than
they had planned,
just near Cape Cod, in what is now
Massachusetts. They called their new
colony Plymouth, after the place they
had departed from England.
PLYMOUTH WORDS. How many new words can you make from the letters in:
Plymouth Colony
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“Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”
The words to this well loved hymn of thanks were written by Robert Robinson
in 1758. The melody was composed by John Wyeth in 1813. The words remind us
that it is God that is the source of all of our blessings.
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.
Nothing is more honorable than
a grateful heart. ~Seneca
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Read and learn the words to the Thanksgiving hymn below. Then copy the verse onto the lines below.
“Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”
“Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise.”
~Robert Robinson
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Read and learn the words to the Thanksgiving hymn below. Then copy the verse onto the lines below.
“Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing”
“Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.”
~Robert Robinson
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Thanksgiving Bingo
Psalm 100:4
"Enter into his
gates with
thanksgiving."
Psalm 107:1
"Give thanks unto
the Lord."
Psalm 95:2
"Let us come
before his presence
with
thanksgiving."
Hebrews 13:15
"Let us offer the
sacrifice of praise
to God
continually."
Hebrews 13:15
"Let us offer the
sacrifice of praise
to God
continually."
Colossians 4:2
"Continue in
prayer."
Happy
Psalm 147:7:
"Sing unto the
LORD with
thanksgiving."
Thanksgiving
(free space)
Ephesians 5:20
"Giving thanks
always for all
things."
Colossians 3:17
"Whatsoever ye
do in word or
deed, do all in
the name of the
Lord Jesus."
1 Chronicles
29:11,13
"Thine, O Lord is
the greatness."
Philippians 4:6
"By prayer and
supplication with
thanksgiving."
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Use these pages to journal about things you are grateful for.
Gratitude Journal
“Being enriched in every thing to all
bountifulness, which causeth through
us thanksgiving to God.” —2 Cor. 9:11
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